Liverpool are interested in signing Johan Bakayoko from PSV in the summer of 2024, according to . The report has claimed that Liverpool, who are aiming to win the Premier League title this season, are considering making a move for the 20-year-old Belgium international winger at the end of the season.
Bakayoko has been on the books of PSV since 2019 and has established himself in the first team. The 20-year-old is one of the best young forwards in Europe and is rated very highly. The Belgium international has played as a right-winger and as a playmaker for PSV this season. He has made 18 starts and two substitute appearances in the Eredivisie this campaign, scoring four goals and providing eight assists in those games. Bakayoko has also scored one goal and given one assist in si…
Gareth Bale described Wales World Cup qualifying play-off final win over Ukraine as the greatest result in the national team s history.
Andriy Yarmolenko s own goal ensured a 1-0 triumph for Wales, who were largely indebted to the heroics of Wayne Hennessey as Rob Page s team held on to book their spot at Qatar 2022.
It meant Wales qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1958 and Bale, who will leave Real Madrid when his contract expires at the end of the month, was in no doubt about the significance of the result.
It s the greatest result in history for Welsh football, Bale told Sky Sports. We are all ecstatic. The fans together, it was a delight, and we are going to a World Cup!
It means everything. It s what dreams are made of. It s…
Juventus and Milan target Domenico Berardi has signed a new contract with Sassuolo that will keep him at the club until 2027.
Berardi impressed again for Sassuolo in the 2021-22 season, scoring 15 times in Serie A – the third consecutive campaign the forward has posted double figures in the league.
He also recorded the most assists in the Italian top flight (14) and was the only Serie A forward to manage double figures for both goals and assists.
The 28-year-old has been at Sassuolo his entire career, but there had been suggestions recently that he could be tempted by a new challenge.
He was linked to Juventus, who co-owned him between 2013 and 2015, while Liverpool and Milan were also among those reportedly interested in the Italy international.
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Jude Bellingham described captaining Borussia Dortmund as the biggest honour of my career so far as he warned it will be tough to finish off Chelsea in London.
The England midfielder led Dortmund to a 1-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, with the 19-year-old skippering the hosts as 38-year-old Thiago Silva wore the armband for Chelsea.
The result on Wednesday gave Dortmund a first win over English opposition in the competition since a 2-0 victory against Arsenal in September 2014, halting a winless run of nine games (D1 L8).
Bellingham said of his leadership experience: I think it comes quite naturally, but for me it s probably the biggest honour of my career so far, to captain this football club.
I have brilliant role models l…
German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel praised the country s enthusiasm and infrastructure after 18 stadiums applied to be part of the country s bid to host the 2024 European Championship.
The DFB required all applications to include a seating capacity of 30,000 publicly available seats and both Freiburg Stadium and Karlsruhe s Wildparkstadion included expansion plans in their submissions.
The other 16 applications came from Berlin (Olympiastadion), Bremen (Weserstadion), Dortmund (Signal Iduna Park), Dresden (DDV Stadium), Dusseldorf (ESPRIT arena), Frankfurt am Main (Commerzbank Arena), Kaiserslautern (Fritz-Walter-Stadion), Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion), Leipzig (Red Bull Arena), Monchengladbach (Borussia Park), Munich (Allianz Arena), Nuremberg …
Declan Rice believes a green jacket would be an ideal complement to claret and blue for West Ham fans Billy Horschel and Francesco Molinari.
England and West Ham footballer Rice sent the loyal Hammers a message of good luck on Thursday, with the Masters getting under way at Augusta National.
Neither Horschel nor Molinari hail from West Ham s traditional east London catchment area, but both have made public declarations of love for the Premier League club.
Horschel, a 35-year-old American, became a West Ham supporter during his days in college and used a golf bag bearing club colours and the team s crest during last year s Open Championship.
Molinari first began following West Ham in 2009 when his friend and fellow Italian Gianfranco Zola was manager o…
Thiago Motta was satisfied with Juventus s performance after they strolled to a 3-0 home win against Como in his first Serie A game in charge on Monday.
Juve put on a confident display as they beat newly-promoted Como with Samuel Mbangula, Timothy Weah and Andrea Cambiaso all on target in the opener at the Allianz Stadium.
I was satisfied with the performance but above all with the result. We deserved to win, Motta told a press conference.
Today, I liked the defensive phase, understanding the moment to press, recompose, the willingness of the attackers, of Dusan [Vlahovic] to start the first pressing.
I m satisfied. We can improve there too, and we ll try to do it in everything. I think this team should and can do it.
Juve, who won nine consec…
Caoimhin Kelleher is ready to leave Liverpool in search of first-team football.
Kelleher, 25, has been Alisson s back-up for several seasons at Anfield, though did play in some big games during Jurgen Klopp s time in charge.
That included starring in the EFL Cup final against Chelsea in 2022.
However, with Liverpool having signed Giorgi Mamardashvili, who will join next season, Kelleher believes the time is right to move on.
And the Republic of Ireland goalkeeper suggested he could have left this summer, if Liverpool had not rejected offers.
I made it clear in the last few years I want to go be a number one and play week in, week out, said Kelleher ahead of Ireland s Nations League clash with Greece.
The club made the decision to get ano…
Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will attend the Champions League final on Saturday evening.
Club sources have confirmed to the PA news agency that the sheikh will be present in Istanbul as City face Inter Milan bidding to win Europe’s top club prize for the first time.
It will only be the second game he has attended since his investment vehicle, the Abu Dhabi United Group, purchased City in 2008.
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Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was also due to be at the showpiece match at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium.
City have risen to become the dominant force in the English game under Mansour’s stewardship with the club having won seven Premier League titles in the past 12 years and five of t…
Inter Milan reached the Champions League final by defeating city rivals AC Milan 3-0 on aggregate.
The Nerazzurri, who will face either Real Madrid or Manchester City in Istanbul on June 10, were the last Italian club to win the competition, beating Bayern Munich 2-0 under Jose Mourinho in the 2010 final.
Here, the PA news agency picks out some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Serie A side.
Strengths
Dogged defence
Inter’s progression to the showpiece match at the Ataturk Stadium owes a lot to a stingy defence. Simone Inzaghi’s combative team emerged from a group containing Bayern Munich and Barcelona. They have kept a tournament-high eight clean sheets in their 12 matches, including five from six in the knockout stages, with goalkeeper …